27: Fighting resumes, and the overall Palestinian toll tops 1,000. US President Barack Obama emphasises the need for an Israeli ceasefire.

28: Gazans mark a sombre end to Ramadan. The UN Security Council urges an unconditional humanitarian ceasefire.

30: Almost 120 Palestinians killed. A market in Shejaiya and a UN-run school in Jabaliya are hit. The United States confirms it had restocked Israel's supplies of ammunition, hours after issuing a strong condemnation of the school attack.

31: Israeli mobilises another 16,000 reservists, bringing their number to 86,000. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he wants the army to "finish this mission".

AUGUST

1: A three-day humanitarian truce collapses only hours after it began amid a deadly new wave of violence and the apparent capture by Hamas of an Israeli soldier. Israel and Hamas trade blame and Washington blames Hamas for the "barbaric" breakdown of the ceasefire.